Why Should You Use Glow in the Dark Masterbatch？

Do you know why luminous products glow in the dark? The reason is that the manufacturers add glow in the dark powder or masterbatch to the products. Most people know what glow in the dark powder is but they might know a little about glow in the dark masterbatch. As a high-tech material, how is it made of? What is the function of glow in the dark masterbatch? How we use it to make luminous products? Follow

Glow in the dark masterbatch is a kind of luminous plastic pellet. Those manufacturers use glow in the dark masterbatch to make various luminous plastic products by injection molding.

How to Use Glow in the Dark Masterbatch?

Generally, the manufacturers will firstly melt glow in the dark masterbatch because it is a plastic material. During the melting process, it is important to maintain an appropriate temperature that doesn’t have to be too high. Besides, the amount of glow in the dark masterbatch doesn’t need to be too much, or it will cause unnecessary wast. After the masterbatch is melted into sticky condition, the factory can add it to the related products.

Glow in the dark masterbatch can store light and glow in the dark for a very long time. What’s more, it has a high brightness. Thus, it can be used for many different luminous products.

Glow in the Dark Masterbatch vs Glow in the Dark Powder

Why more and more manufacturers choose glow in the dark masterbatch to make luminous products by injection molding?

When using glow in the dark powder for injection molding, the products may result in getting black. The reasons can lie in the following aspects.

1. The particle of glow in the dark powder is too hard.

2. Glow in the dark powder is not in a uniform condition.

3. The screw of injection molding machine is too long, causing too much friction.

If we want the products to have higher brightness, we will add more glow powder. However, it does cause some problems that we cannot avoid. Therefore, more and more manufacturers tend to use glow in the dark masterbatch.

Glow in the dark masterbatch is quite different from glow in the dark powder. It is a kind of plastic pellet that can glow in the dark automatically.

Application Case

A chair manufacturer wanted to add a large amount of glow powder to the chairs. However, he added too much and finally the luminous chairs have become black. Therefore, we recommended him to use our PP glow in the dark masterbatch that contains 50% of glow powder. Glow in the dark masterbatch can effectively solve the problem of the black color on the chairs.

Juliang Glow in the Dark Masterbatch

Our glow in the dark masterbatch is made of glow in the dark powder and plastic, then processed by special technique. The ratio of addition of glow in the dark masterbatch is up to the clients. Every client has different demands on the brightness of the products.

Juliang is a leading luminescent material and glow powder manufacturer with more than 17 years of experience. If you are looking for high-quality glow in the dark material, please feel free to contact us at 3001385186@QQ.com.